Dirigible automobile lamp-bracket.



0'. H. TIEDEMANN. DIRIGIBLE AUTOMOBILE LAMP BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED mm. 19, 1911.

1,031,398. PatentedJuly 2,1912.

{A by a 1 Attorneys UNITED STATES {PATENT OFFICE.

A-GILIARLES HIT'IEDEMANN, or BUFFALO, New YORK, ASS-IGN'OR or l 1 'WILLIAM s. BnIcKELL, F BUFFALO,1 IEWYORK DIRIGIBLE AUTOMOBILE LAMP-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters-Patent.

one-HAL 'ro Application filed June 19, 1911. SerialNo. 634,175.

To all whom. it may concern: v Be it known that I, OHAnLns H Tmmc aminn a citizen of the United States, resid- .ing at Buffalo, 'in the county of Erie and 5 State of New York, have invented a' new and 'useful 'Dirigible Automobile Lamp- .Bracket, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to'light supports,

and more especially to those which are dirigible'and are automatic in their action; and the object of the same is to produce-an automobile lamp bracket or pair of brackets'pivotally supported and so controlled by 'the movements of the steering gear that in aking a turn the lamp on the outside of the curve will throw its rays straight ahead and that on the inside will direct'its rays obli uely in the direction of the turn. Dlriglble lighbsupports on at tomobiles are common in the presentstate of-t-he art, it having been recognized as desirable to have the rays from the lamps directed straight forward when the machine is proceeding along a straight line, but directed obliquely when the machine is making a turn. But I have observed that when the light is thrown to the inner side of the turn the 'outer side is left almost in darkness, es-

" p'ecially on anextremely dark or inclement night, and thedriver, while he can now see clearly ahead on the inside of the turn, can

discern little or nothing on the outside thereof and is in danger of striking the fence or a vehicle or pedestrian who is then no longer within his line of vision.

The purpose of the present invention is to cause one 1 mp to project its light always forward and o cause the other lampto pro- 40 ject its light obliquely toward the inside of a turn being made. It is true this may'd1,- .vide the course of the raysof light projected by both lamps, but there will yet be su'tfi- 'cient for. the driver to see what/he is ap- 'proaching and the danger above mentioned will. be avoided.

' The following specification is a more detailed description of .my invention, reference being. had to the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a planview of this attachment and the front'end of an. automobile which is progressing straight forward. Fig. Qis a similar view with the steering wheels of '55 the automobile turned; in one direction.

T" The frame F of the automobile carries an Patented Jul y2,19 1-2.

axle A to whose extremities arepivoted the I steering wheels W which are connected by a rod R in rear of the axle so that they will turn in unison, and the lamps L carried'by saidframe are of the'usual or. any preferred type. Instead of mounting these lamps in brackets which are rigidly supported from the frame as usual lattach each lamp as by a set screw 5 to an upright rod. 6 which is journaled in cats 7 on the respective side of the framework and has a cran'k8 at its lower end; and I provide two stops '9, each preferably attached by a. set screw 10,0r

otherwise to the rod R, and each dropped as seen in 'Fig. 3 so as to )ass under the axle A, but its extremity or rent end 12 in any event standing in position to make contact with the crank 8. With the construction illustrated, the front ends 12 of the two stops stand just outside the cranks 8 of the two lamp brackets when the wheels WV are parallel with the frame of the automobile and the latter is progressing straight forward as seen in Fig. 1. If now the driver turns the steering wheels, as for instance seen in Fig. 2, one stop (herein the left)" moves away from its ad acent crank 8, but

the other stop strikes its adjacent crank and. 1

causes the upright rod 6 to turn in its supporting ears 7 so that the rays of this lamp are directed parallel with the wheel adjacent 'wherea-s the rays from the other lamp are still projected straight forward. Therefore the last mentioned lamp will throw its rays on the high side or outside of-the curve, whereas the other lamp will throw its'rays on the low or inner side of the curve, and therefore the driver will have his path way iwell lighted and will be less liable to accident. When he resumes a straight line of travel, the lamp which has been deflected from its normal position is returned thereto by a spring 15 which may throw thefinger'ldinto contact withthe upper ear 7.

Each coiled spring 15 is arranged on the corresponding upright rod 6 between the ears 7 in which the upright rod is journalcd, one extremity of the spring being secured to the upright rod and the other extremity to one of the said ears thereby tending to return the upright rod to normal position after it has been displaced therefrom.

'A finger :16 isseeured to eech upright-rod '6 and the finger 15 is bent downward to r'o& :in normal position:

Wat is claimed is The combinatiofrwith e vehicle frame, an axle, steering wheels pivoted .to the axle,

} end a rod connecting the said wheels of e peir of cats secured to each side of the frame, upright rods journeled' in the ears and having cranks on 'their lower ends, coiled springs oil-the upright rods between the ears havingone extremity secured to the upriight rods'end the other extremity se-' -15 cured toone of the corresponding ears, findownward to strike t e upperears to tain the upright rods i11-normalposition; lamps carriedv by the uprightrods, end ,stopssecured to the former'rod and erranged to strike the vrespective cranks, es

and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim thefforefgoilig ture in the presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

- S. 'B IQKEL *JAS. F; LOFTUS.

CHARLES H. TIEDEMAN N,

as my own, I have heretoejfiixed mysigsna; 

